Friday, June 22, 2012

A CREATIVE DREAM COME TRUE... ME, IN TIM HOLTZ CLASS!

OKAYEE FOLKS here THE post of the year...
settle in with a cuppa and ...may I suggest a family sized block of Caburys...
this may take awhile...

Firstly let me appologise its been such a long time since my last long ago blog post ...

well ... I have had a dreadful couple of non artistic months. My creative mojo went seriously awol.

I lost a dear friend to cancer and had another invoved in a serious car accident thankfully now
sheis back at home and on the mend. That coupled with some other issues just saw me aimless and disinterested in creating anything. I guess we all go through patches of this sort but this was new to me.
It seemed my spark had just disappeared but ....thankfully it's back...

Thankfully a good hearted lady by the name of Jo Kinder put me in contact
with a bunch of amazing design team and store owning ladies who were also attending
I could share the excitement and accomodation with. So on sunday night, after a plane and two bus rides

I finally arrived at the Coogee Bay Hotel and met up Sandra Henderson Staples, Tracey Shenton, Heidi McCallum and Andrea Cosier. A big thankyou to those girls for taking me under their wing and for sharing their diggs both accomadation and
otherwise with me!!! Oh and for sharing Heidi's baked goods with me as well nothing like a few peices of mars bar slice to create a bond between crafty women!!! LOL

So after alot of chatter, some beautiful Thai dinner,
A Timmy sighting and stalking in coogees main street! LOL (heidi you know who you are!)
A couple of not so beautiful cocktails and a less than perfect nights sleep we were there...

MONDAY morning the moment of truth!

The main event ...

THE TIM HOLTZ

TECHNIQUE OVERLOAD CLASS

The classroom

Another riverina local Kylie and her lovel mum, who run a shop in Gundagai

Kylie is in big trouble when next I see her for letting me have a moustashe in this pic! LOL

Sherry Mendoza

So after a hastey breakfast I arrived running to the class room and
giggling to myself, I line up to have my name checked of a list.

Women of all shapes, sizes, ages are filing into the conference centre

and I am still wondering how I got to be so damn lucky!

YAYYY!!! ITS FINALLY TIMMY DAY!!!

The class rooms set up imaculately
rows of identical tables laiden with kits and boxes of treasured Ranger products!

A craft mat and a Ranger apron await each participant and on a big screen

at the front of the room are those the words that make it all real....

TIM HOLTZ

RANGER

TECHNIQUE OVERLOAD!!!

with a picture of the 20 tag book we'd be making !

The Kit and Products supplied for us to keep and use in any future demos.

and ....

TIM!!!

( SQUEAL !!! INSERT first hyperventalation of the day HERE !!! )

He'd been milling around the room for a half hour

chatting and signing all manner of things

but now hes a row away from me. Im impressed with how effortlesly he breaks

into the proceedings, I supose he has taught this class a million times and the

content is a comfortable as...

well...

an old worn boot to him.

He welcomes us all and chats a bit about his trip so far "down under".

Hes relaxed, charming, down to earth and in good humour begins by going

through the the supplies and then onto the safety warnings...

You know like... be VERY aware that the heat gun will burn you ...

and does remain super hot for quite a while after use ...ahhh DUHHH??!!!

.

Guess who must have been daydreaming
and didnt take on the seriousness of that warning...
ahhh that'd be.... me
within the hour, I reach accross the barrell of the heat gun
to pick up a stamp and let out an attention grabbing lil squeal!

I look up and Tims shaking his head laughing saying "I did tell you!"

Thankfully he didnt see me do the same thing two more times as the class went on!!! LOL

I half hope my burn scars... it'll be an nice keepsake!!!
It never looked like I was gunna get that signed breast
to turn into a tattoo that I dreamed of ! (kidding! LOL)
I had to settle for my signed Trinket box and Compendium book !! Raotfl)

Heidi McCallum and Sandra Staples

RtoL Sherry Mendoza, Jane Clark, Andrea Cosier and Tracey Shenan

My favourite photo of the dayof myself and Tim Holtz taken by the lovely Rachel Grieg, despite photobombing Heidi's uninvited toncil shot ...cheeky bugger! LOL I had two more photo's with Tim but not only did I look like an awestruck rabbit in the headlights, I was also displaying more chins than a chinese phone book so I will just have to be happy with this memento.

So then it was tag after tag of gluey painty goodness from then on in.

Each one demoing a different use for the Ranger/Tim Holtz products.

On compleation of each tag a pre printed jac label describing the products

and technique used was attached to the back to "jog" our memory when we returned home.

I could not fault the class in any way, an overhead accompanied Tims dirrections and the kit

was layered and packed with all its embellishments in order of their soon to be creation. There were a few eager beavers who shuffled up their kits looking, before finding out this vital information... to which Tim chuckled and mentioned it didnt pay to be one of those "over achievers" you have in every class that try and get two steps in front... ahhh NO PROBS HERE I thought! LOL

We worked from one tag to the next pretty solidly. I didnt stop as I wanted to make the most of it all I distressed and inked edges, used extra stamps etc because I wanted to go home with the finished product... didnt want hubby going so what else did you do in a whole day! LOL

We broke for lunch mind numbingly crumpled but exstatic I made some ridiulously

delieriously happy phone calls to friends to tell them I was having a blast and had

Chicken a mushroom Pide on one of those park benches overlooking the ocean...

it crossed my mind... I could do this everyday!!!

The main Coogee Bay boulavade where I had lunch opp. the convention centre

Not quite sure but Im sure theres a story behind the teddy bear signing

Hi Marcy, thank you so much for the great post, I'm very jealous too :) I just wanted to let you know that I just received your beautiful ATC in the mail...Thank you, there will be one out to you soon :)

what an amazing time for you! looked like a bunch of everyday fun ladies of all shapes to make you feel right at home to spend the time with, and of course Tim was in love with you as much as you are with him otherwize why would he have a pic of you on his blog!

HI marcy, I just wanted to let let you now that I shared your bliss! i too was lucky enough to be at the very same class and felt exactly as you did.... like I was in the presence of royalty (well, I was!) It was a fantastic day, and one I will never forget. Kerrie, another teacher who went with me, and I have just taught our first Tim technique class on Thursday. We had so much fun, and because everyone knowa how much we both love Tim... we really hammed it up and had fun.I am so glad you enjoyed your visit to Sydney and your special day with Tim. Thanks for bringing it all back to me. (I think I met you at Penrith paperific a couple of years ago. Were you there with scraptivate?HAVE A SCRAPPY DAY!Jenni Jones

Hi Marcia! Love this post! I am inspired to share our story too now as I did this Tim class (in Melbourne) and am also a bit ga ga over the whole Holtz thing. Absolutely cracked me up to read it was YOU who burned yourself... Shoulda heard him in our class, it was the last one in Australia, how he had some girls who actually burned themselves and some who pulled the end of the paints... He was pretty funny.

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Welcome to Marcy's blog! Wife of loveable Dave and SAHM mum to three wild wonderful, beautiful boys,9, 11 and 15! This blog is about my life, my family, my art and all the laughable stuff that goes along with it!
Apparently, I'm a bit "arty farty". I cannot recall a time where I wasn't "making" something. I love to experiment with colour, textures and all sorts of mediums. I enjoy scrapbooking, creating Artists trading cards (ATCs), mixed media and art journals. I am always hungry to learn new techniques and always aim to produce something just a little bit different. Everything I make, I make with love, for the good of my soul and for the enjoyment of family and friends. :)***********************************
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